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Don't Rely On Virtual Colonoscopy For Colon Cancer Screening
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Posted in Digestive Health on June 28, 2006
Reviewed June 2011
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I'd love to know what the odds are in Tampa FL of having your colon perforated during an optical colonoscopy procedure? It happens all the time here, and for some ridiculous reason, most insurance companies won't cover a virtual colonoscopy which is more accurate, no sedation needed and non invasive to the patient. I'd guess about 1 in ten people.....am I correct?
Posted by: serialmom12 | September 18, 2007 6:39 PM
The cost of the virtual colonoscopy performed on me in the year 2000 was not covered by the provincial insurance health plan but 80% of that cost was reimbursed to me by my private insurance plan.
Jacques Bisaillon Laval, Canada
Posted by: bisaijr | September 18, 2007 9:41 PM
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Thanks to a virtual colonoscopy performed 6 years ago which spotted an aneurism in my right illiac artery, and annual echographies thereafter, an operation which probably saved my life was performed last March to install an endoprothesis in my left and right illiac arteries and the base of my aorta.
I will gladly supply any additional information in this regard.
Jacques Bisaillon Laval, Canada
Posted by: bisaijr | July 6, 2006 1:14 PM